It Might Have Burned

VVhat might have proved a very serious ñre was discoverd in the cellar of the postoffice building at about six o'clock last Friday evening. Some careless person had tossed a lighted cigar through the grate in front of the building. It had fallen through an open window upon some papersMr. Yale had stored in the basement. It had set fire to these and some base bail bats were also ignited. Within three feet of the fire was a íive gallon can of kerosene. The cellar was fairly well filled with smoke, but the ñre was just starting wheii discovered and was quickly extinguished. If the cigar had been tossed in the same place three or four hours later, when the fire would not have been discovered at once, the probabilities are tuat the post office building would have been in ashes. Smokers ought to be careful not to throw their cigar stubs down grates or close to buildings.